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2 men admit to witness tampering in lawmaker-linked casino scandal

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The defendant is an LDP lawmaker.

I thought that LDP members where untouchable.

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During the first hearing of the trial, prosecutors demanded 14-month prison terms for Akihito Awaji

Awaji is a long-standing friend and supporter of Shinzo and Akie Abe, something Kyodo has completely ignored in nearly all its coverage of this story.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200305/p2a/00m/0na/017000c

https://twitter.com/ShingetsuNews/status/1296344762140696578

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14 months is an obscenely lenient sentence for ¥30,000,000 witness tampering.

How an obscene legal system deals with an obscene political party?

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He will retain his seat in parliament, these people acted on their own he had no idea his staff were behind the whole thing out of loyalty...bet you that's the story. Seen it so many times. Sorry bow, back to a tax funded lifestyle.

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In @cricky’s scenario, but in abe’s Corruption case, one guy died from suicide.

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Gambling interests have a lot of money to offer to weak-willed politicians and execs, both before being caught and afterwards.

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